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… to identify priorities that favour allocation to high-value and high-productivity uses, while ensuring pro-poor social … aquifers such as: • the California Central Valley and the High Plains aquifer system of the United States • the …

… the expectations of for- mal academic presentation and high scholarly standards, and that it makes a genuine … countries for each paper – the process adhering to high standards of anonymity and academic rigour, and with all … Agreements, IUU Fishing and the ITLOS in West African Seas’, Review 2008, 107–132; Robert Mortassagne, ‘Challenges …

… fall below the 1,000 line are described as experiencing “high water stress” or “chronic water scarcity.” The latter … the world’s population will live in areas suffering from high water stress, most of which will be found in the … the world’s population will live in areas suffering from high water stress, most of which will be found in the …

… groundwater, as a low-cost, drought-resistant and (mainly) high-quality water supply for urban and rural populations and … to changes Very slow Rapid Flow velocities Low Moderate to high Residence time Generally decades / centuries Mainly … / months Drought vulnerability Generally low Generally high Evaporation losses Low and localised High for reservoirs …

… working under contract with UNESCO and FAO. The high calibre of Ms Rothenberger's and Ms Oliver's … and gains strategic importance as a source of often high-quality freshwater in the face of the impending water … conditions affecting large areas, seasonal droughts, very high rainfall variability and sudden and high- intensity …

… of things that could not be owned along with air, the seas and wildlife. 15 It was nevertheless 13 For example … water economy in recent decades is associated with high average total cost for the long-term supply curve. So … population live in countries that suffer from moderate to high water stress. Continued population growth and the …

… on human livelihoods and the environment. 3. Areas of high groundwater development stress are presently limited but … of national segments of transboundary aquifers showing high groundwater stress (> 20 per cent) is expected to … (low per-capita groundwater resources and medium to very high dependence on groundwater), all of them in West or East …

… areas, which are often used for critical areas of high vulnerability such as recharge areas or the capture … deficiencies such as naturally occurring salinity or high levels of solutes (sulphate, fluoride, arsenic etc.), … use of pesticides/herbicides and fertilizers, resulting in high levels of nitrates and phosphorus in soils. Stormwater …

… nale for undertaking and financing the required changes. High priority should be given to those situations where the … that all of the natural flow, in its natural pattern of high and low flows, would be needed to maintain a … protection and specific water allocations. For rivers with high biodiversity values, for example, an environmental flow …